Sketchup+Historical+House+Project

= **Google Sketchup Assignment**  =

Click here for Part One of your Assignment
http://movies.atomiclearning.com/uk/la_ggrn_sk6mac
 * Before you Begin **
 * Please work through the following tutorial: **
 * "Go Green" **

**Brief** You have asked by the Auckland War Memorial Museum to design an historical house for an upcoming exhibit. You are to research and design a house that is typical of a particular time period and region. The design must be based on real examples. You will also gather and report on the building materials and techniques used in constructing the house. You can select the time period and region for your house.

**Sample ideas:**
 * Viking houses from Scandinavia, circa 800-1000 AD
 * RomanGreek villas in Mediterranean, circa 100 BC - 100 AD
 * American/Canadian Red Indians
 * Japanese/Chinese housing
 * Modern housing up to 1930s
 * Medieval Castles

> a. What do I know about this topic? >> · What do you know about Sketchup? >> · What do you know about how houses have changed through history? Materials? Usage - going from communal to family orientated. > b. What questions have I got about the theme? >> · What do I need to research? >> · What do I need to learn to do this task? >> · What do I want to teach someone about my chosen house? > c. What skills and knowledge will I be using? >> · Research skills >> · Design skills >> · Drawing skills >> · Communication skills - data processing > d. What specific resources are available for this topic?
 * 1. Gather/Organise **

**2. Identify** > <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">a. Explain the task in your own words. > <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">b. Investigate some examples (and your teacher will show you some too) > <span style="color: #000000; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">c. Discuss and list qualities of examples >> <span style="color: red; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Look at four different historical housing designs and find three common similarities and three differences - one will become the house that you will create in Sketchup >> <span style="color: red; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· What materials do they use? >> <span style="color: red; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Get a snapshot of each. **3. Decide** > <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">a. Prioritise your housing design ideas. > <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">b. Explain your reasons for this order eg is the design interesting, challenging, is the historical period appealing to you? > <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">c. Try out your ideas in a rough sketch labelling what tools you might use to create this house in Sketchup. **4. Implement** > <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">a. Start your design based on the information you have gathered. > <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">b. Keep a regular record of your progress in a word document. >> <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;"> i. Outline any difficulties you are having and how you have overcome them >> <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;"> ii. Add pictures of your progress. Show your design at different stages. > <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">a. What have you done really well? > <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">b. What areas need improvement? > <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">c. Compare what you have designed to what your original idea was > **6. Communicate** > <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">a. Demonstrate your design to someone and get feedback >> <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;"> i. What are the special features of your design? Is there anything unusual about your house? >> <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;"> ii. How accurate is the house to the known examples? > <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">b. How will you present your house to the museum? >> <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">1. Animation and scenes in a movie? >> <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">2. Powerpoint presentation? >> <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">3. Personal presentation? >> <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">4. Written proposal? >> <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">5. Website >> <span style="color: #000000; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">6. Something else?
 * 5. Evaluate **

**7. Learn from experience - your evaluation** > <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">a. Does this match the topic theme? > <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">b. What skills have I learned and developed? > <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">c. What problems did I have to solve? > <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">d. How did I use the strengths of others to help me? > <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">e. What skills will I be able to use in other subjects/activities?

> <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Find the region for your house on Google Earth. > <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Use Sketchup to get the terrain from Google Earth. > <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Place your design to see what it looks like on the terrain.
 * Extension Task **

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